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Re: How do YOU pronounce Graham?
I prn. it GRAY-um / GRAY-em/ GRAY-am... sort of swollow that secomd a.
Isn't Gram more common in America, but not as common elsewhere?
What do Brits. on here say?
I do not think of it as surnamey.
To me none of the combos sound bad, maybe I like Graham Walter the best.
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From what I've read in the other posts, yes, you are right that GRAY-am/em/um is more common for the Aussies! ----Betsy-----
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not just Aussies.Yes, Aussies have given their prn. but what about elsewhere. I can't recall ever hearing someone in England speak of the author Graham Greene as GRAM Greene.
Please people from the U.K., Ireland, Canada, New Zealand.... speak up. I really want to know because my husband and I have "argued" about this matter.
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Yes. I'm an American and I say GRAY-um too. But my parents are from England/Ireland and I grew up watching a lot of BBC. But I never heard the "gram" pronunciation (that I can remember) until I started doing these on-line polls.
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yea in NZ its alwayz pronounced grey-um, its beginning to drive me insane that ppl pronounce it gram coz thats just insane!!!
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huh
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how r they breaking the rules
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Sorry I didn't know, thanks
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No worries, thanks for understanding :-)
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I have already posted but didnt say where I live, I live in England and everyone I know pronounces Graham as Gray - um


Paula


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Perhaps the differentiation should be "Americans" and "everyone else". Just out of curiosity, how do you pronounce the "graham" in graham crackers (assuming that they are readily available outside of the US. I've never tried to buy them when I was out of country :) )
----Betsy-----
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never heard of those crackers before
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crackersThey do warn about cracker jokes in one of my American name books. In English I say GRAM crackers ( don't tend to speak of them too often), while in Swedish we prn it GRAH-HAM (not very attractive if people would do that to the name) usually speaking of the type of flour and buns breadbuns baked with said flour.
So I can't use the name, sadly.
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